Bahattin Aksit 2021 Halil Inalcık and Michael Meeker on Classical Ottoman state and social structure
In this video I talk about Halil Inalık's articles on Mehmet the Conqueror and Michale Meeker's book A Nation of Empire especailly the chapter on classical state and social structure of Ottoman Empire through Mehmet II.'s building of Topkapı Palace and issuing a Kanunname (Code of Laws). Meeker's use of Foucault's concepts of power, panopticon, discipline, gaze and supervision in the analiysis of the architectural structure of Topkapı Palace combining it with Cafer Çelebi's Hevesname are discussed in the video.
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